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Only unexpected gifts make life worth living. What is life without such gifts? A burden, perhaps. But the existence of such moments which are totally unforseeable, make life boundlessly rich. If my lonely musings below are able to give anyone such unexpected happiness then I think my effort has been rewarded.
So, never expect, just live.

Apparently, you and Rumi Sahib are addressing the One that remains in spite of time and which at the same time is the purest one.

It is quite interesting to see that impurity and time are being aligned silently. Timelessness and purity seem to stand on the other extreme.

With due respect and without accusing him of building a metaphysical binary pair, I like to see what kind of relationship Time can have with purity.

What happens to Time when the most pure one descend into its realms?

Such a coming of the purest ones can be able to transform the very being of Time or not?

Or with time, Time succeeds in engulfing the purest ones into its own impurities?

The body of a child is very pure, but with time, it becomes impure. So, we must confess that Time, to a certain extent, is a movement towards impurity.But the child body is not the purest. Then, what is the purest?Can it be merely human?Can it be entirely non-human?NONeither is the case.

Purest of the pure can only arise when the human is inhabited by something other than human.Let us try an example:

Language is a human construct. They all agree on it. The scientists of language.But what is language without naming.And naming is the very other which inhabits language and makes it more than merely a human construct.

Thats why NAAM is said to be the purest of all thing by the Purest Ones, transforming Time and filling the Timeless with the form of that One Who is being named.

I've been reading your blog lately and I find that it is interesting that people like to refer to themselves by letters yet post their comments under "anonymous." They obviously want to tell you who they are by assigning letters to their posts...... if you want anonymity..why not just put up the comment as opposed to saying H, A, S.... some I must agree put up very insightful thoughts......very inspirational...

Actually this game of anonymity has taken a very central place in my blog. Actually it all started with post by me when I refer to one my acquaintances by the first letter of her name. So when she posted a comment, she used that letter instead of leaving the full name. When people write like that, their desire is to convey their identity only to some people and not to all. But this anonymity almost always makes me very curious and sometimes it becomes a little painful. There is already too much about the anonymity and its tyranny on my blog. So there is no need to say much now.Thanks for not being anonymous and your for your encouraging comments.

Hi;one anonymous is using my style.oh....O its really wonderful that first letter of name is becoming popular on your blog or even some find it as interesting.On sunday, I was in leisured mood after a long time.Thank God for that!So i had visited lots of blogs through the link "Prabhsharandeep singh/Sikh bloggers."I think it is the first time,when i had seen other blogs than yours and P.S.But really i found that your blog is just the Best.I also want to post some comments on P.S. blog but his blog does not allow anonymou(S.) comments.Now about the post....Its really wonderful.The bride in the photo is looking fabolous.One question please...I just want to know the direction of your creativity....Is your writings choose the visual scenes or visual scenes inspire you to write something?Keep it up!anonymou(S.)

Look at the condition of diaspora sikh children :) They dont know that yousuf was a man or woman. Can they understand Sikh religion and and culture with this background knowledge.I wanted to make a new post with this story.

"Woman is the greatest and truest aid to the maintenance of the true spiritual attitude. Woman's soul crying to the soul of man is the only divine lyric trembling like the music of the Infinite and the Eternal" (Puran Singh,2002, p. 46). When reading this passage, I remembered the picture on your blog.....

[There are other worlds beyond the stars, there are more tests of love to come yet.]

The diaspora Sikh children need to get out of there little world as there is more beyond this. Considering this realm of thinking as something absolute puts us in an ironic position. Mind, thinking, philosophy have got a kind of supreme status over other faculties of life. Religion is often confused with some individualized spirituality of the New Age mysticism of sixties which is considered to be a construction of American capitalism. You can find here: http://www.newstatesman.com/200501100048 a review of their book that initiates a discussion on the issue. The diaspora children need to figure out what has been happening in our world for past few centuries. What are the roots of the current world view that is considered to be absolute in every respect? When I say roots, I am not just referring to its history or some point of origin, but its location in human consciousness.

Hi Anonymous, I just finished reading the comments above and was rather disturbed by one comment, "We all are in the same boat. Stop judging others. OK." This comment seems to be filled with a lot of bitterness or anger of some sort. Such reactions deem to be destructive when discussions are initiated around various topics. I don't think that people are making personal attacks when sharing their views. I think when vir ji said, "look at the condition of diaspora sikh children :)" he didn't exactly mean a personal attack against anyone. Encouraging discourse of present practices of sikhi and thoughts pertaining to today's practices....encourages one to question where one's thinking is situated. Only through discussion can we question our beliefs and practices and encourage others to do so also....otherwise we fall into a trap of ritualistic practices without assigning any intrinsic meaning to them. The art of questioning and answering is crucial for self-progression and the building of knowledge.

We are not all in the "same boat." We are all at different levels of understanding .......each day bringing new lessons, new insights, new perspectives........ yes we have the same goal..... to unite with akaal.......but how is one to do that if one lashes out at another who shares their view??? Collective brotherhood has many fruits...the first one being the lending of a hand to another to help them attain more strength both in the physical and spiritual sense.

We all seem to be quick to say , "if ur at that stage " etc.... and "stop judging others." Have you ever considered that a cry is being made for people not to enter into a realm of bitter thinking or arguments? Instead, one must question what is meant by such statements. One must adopt the art of questioning and refine it to further oneself....... as Guru sahib's children.... we cannot excatly fail him by throwing "attacks" at one another. One need not be a proclaimed "sant' in order to be able to share one's views on sikhi....... we all have a lot of growth to go through.......no matter where we are in life..... there is no end to the understanding of sikhi, of our guru's virtues, of teh true jot, of akaal.

Alright! the statement "Look at the condition of diaspora sikh children :)" is not at all failing our Guru and is not at all throwing attacks on others, but "if ur at that stage " & "stop judging others." definitely fail our Guru and throw attack at others.

Yes we have the same goal..... to unite with akaal.......but how is one to do that if one lashes out at another who shares their view???Statements like "Look at the condition of diaspora sikh children :)" is not at all lashing out at others (but instead is sharing of views. LOL), but statements "if ur at that stage " & "stop judging others." are definitely lashing out at others.

This year's Sikh Students Conference attempts to shed light on the contemporary Sikh experience along with the event of 1984 through a Sikh vision of nation, religion and history. Amongst wider issues of Sikh spirituality, professors will engage the academic ground functional in converting the Sikhs’ spirit since the premier moment of colonialization. The 2009 conference marks an engagement with these issues as Sikhs continue to maintain the sacredness of Amritsar in their daily remembrance.

Lectures=-=-=-=-Professor Balbinder Singh Bhogal (Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies, Hofstra University) will lead, over the span of four days, the primary lecture series. Professor Bhogal will lecture on topics including the Sikh code of conduct, the Sikh vision of history and time, and related issues building up to the issue of 1984.

Harjeet Grewal (PhD candidate in Sikh Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor),will a series of lectures on topics as various as Bhai Gurdas, t…